ludicrous
adjective
lu·di·crous
ˈlü-də-krəs 
1
: amusing or laughable through obvious absurdity, incongruity, exaggeration, or eccentricity
2
: meriting derisive laughter or scorn as absurdly inept, false, or foolish
ludicrously
adverb
ludicrousness
noun
Examples of ludicrous in a Sentence
Some of this censorship is trivial, some is ludicrous, and some is breathtaking in its power to dumb down what children learn in school.
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Diane Ravitch, The Language Police, 2003
The serious and the absurd have to be learnt together; but ludicrous theatrical buffoonery is fit only for foreigners.
—Iris Murdoch, The Fire & the Sun, 1977
The girl didn't comment on the steepness, or the brambles, or the fact that it seemed ludicrous to cart furniture through an apparently endless forest.
—Anne Tyler, The Clock Winder, 1972
Her teachers complained that instead of doing her sums she covered her slate with animals, the blank pages of her atlas were used to copy maps on, and caricatures of the most ludicrous description came fluttering out of all her books at unlucky moments.
—Louisa May Alcott, Little Women, 1868-69
the ludicrous sight of their teacher in a Halloween costume
a ludicrous and easily detected attempt to forge his father's signature on a note to school
Diane Ravitch, The Language Police, 2003
The serious and the absurd have to be learnt together; but ludicrous theatrical buffoonery is fit only for foreigners.
—Iris Murdoch, The Fire & the Sun, 1977
The girl didn't comment on the steepness, or the brambles, or the fact that it seemed ludicrous to cart furniture through an apparently endless forest.
—Anne Tyler, The Clock Winder, 1972
Her teachers complained that instead of doing her sums she covered her slate with animals, the blank pages of her atlas were used to copy maps on, and caricatures of the most ludicrous description came fluttering out of all her books at unlucky moments.
—Louisa May Alcott, Little Women, 1868-69
the ludicrous sight of their teacher in a Halloween costume
a ludicrous and easily detected attempt to forge his father's signature on a note to school
Recent Examples on the Web
But that’s not the end of the bag’s claims, which grow more humorously ludicrous.
—Lily Templeton, WWD, 13 Mar. 2025
But the notion that a cartoon could not make a similar point was ludicrous.
—Ruth Marcus, The New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2025
Any film that can transform so self-assuredly into a romantic thriller is worth your time, no matter how ludicrous its premise.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 10 Mar. 2025
February, on the contrary, was ludicrous, delivering a deluge of life-consuming experiences, from Civilization VII’s grand strategy soap opera to Kingdom Come: Deliverance II’s medieval RPG of beguiling, maddening detail.
—Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 6 Mar. 2025
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Lily Templeton, WWD, 13 Mar. 2025
But the notion that a cartoon could not make a similar point was ludicrous.
—Ruth Marcus, The New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2025
Any film that can transform so self-assuredly into a romantic thriller is worth your time, no matter how ludicrous its premise.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 10 Mar. 2025
February, on the contrary, was ludicrous, delivering a deluge of life-consuming experiences, from Civilization VII’s grand strategy soap opera to Kingdom Come: Deliverance II’s medieval RPG of beguiling, maddening detail.
—Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 6 Mar. 2025
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“Ludicrous.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ludicrous. Accessed 16 Mar. 2025.
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ludicrous
adjective
lu·di·crous
ˈlüd-ə-krəs
: laughable because of being ridiculous
ludicrously
adverb
ludicrousness
noun
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